Apparatus for stringing wire ties



' 1617104 1927' I 1 H. B. FOULDER- I APPARATUS FOR STRINGING WIRE TIES Filed Nov. '7, 1922 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 nllll Feb. 8, 1927.: 1,617,104

H. BLFQULDER APPARATUS FOR STRINGING WIRE TIES Filed m. 7, 1922 3 Sheets-Sfie't 2 l/lllllldll/ /fll/lllll v m 9 =1 MTLE Patented Feb. 8, 1927.

HENRY B. FOULDER, F eLENBnooK, connnc'rlcnnnssieivon TO J. r cunnv MFG. I?

00., mo, OF'STAMIEORD,- CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF ew YORK.

APrARATus Eon 's'rnrnezire WIRE Application filed November 7, 1922., SerialjNb. 599,547. I

shipped loose, with the result that they readily become tangled together, and much annoyance-and loss of time and ties 1s occasioned in untanglmg the, ties when they are wanted for use.

. v The object of my invention is to provide a machinefor stringing articles, such asv stub-nosed wire ties, so that they may be packed .and shipped without; danger of becoming tangled together, and so that each article maybe readily and easily separated from the others when wanted for use.

further objectof my invention is to provide a stringing machine for stub-nosed wireties which may be used asan attachment for a usual tie-making machine. Other objects will be in part obvious out hereinafterf, i a

In accordance. with myinvention, I arrange the stringing machine to catch .each

article, such. as a completed stub-nosed tie,

, as it is delivered thereto, as by a tie-making machine; Means are provided for holding each article, in a certain place until mechanism .of thestringingv attachment has crossed two strings or other binding material behind it,'near each end, after which themechanism is arranged to bring another article into place and: to push thepreceding article ahead, the strings then crossing behind the succeeding-article near eachv end but in a reverse. manner tov the previous crossing.

Thus each of the four strings i'swoven alternately over and under successive articles,

and at each end when one, string goes over an article the other string will go'under the article, and vice versa; Means maybe provided for runnmg the str nging attachment [in synchronism with a delivering machine,

such as atie-Inakingmachine, and the effect is to weave the artlcles asthey are delivered from the delivering machine, into an extended iladder-likefstrip. "Articles so bound together are jveryconvenient. to pack and ship, are in no danger of becoming tangled together andwhen deslred for use the articles may be-very readilyand easily unstrung from the ladder one after another. The

and in part pointed my invention may be had, attention is hereby directed to the accompanyingdrawings', forming a part of this application and illustrating one possible embodiment of my in vention. Referring to the drawings, Fig 1 is a diagrammatical top plan View of a ortion ofa tie-making machine with a tiestringing attachment embodyingmy invens tion associated therewith; Fig. 2 is a Vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view taken on. the line. 3 ..3 of Fig/1; 41 i'sa vertical longitudinal sectional view taken onthe lined-4E ofFig. 1;' and Fig. 5-is a vertical transverse sec,- tional view taken on theline 5.5 of Fig. 1;

Similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Referring to the drawings, the tie-maki'ng machine 1 is of well known construction.

The machine operates to draw wire 2 from a spool (not shown) into-the machine where a suitable length 31is cut off; by cutter: 4:, which, length 1 is" then advanced to; another place, as 5, Where stub ends are formed on the tie by. punching members 6. From here 1 the .tie is advanced; forwardly. by: the machine so that usually. it will slide downinclines 7 into a suitable box or receptacle.

The forward feed oflthe ties-is effected. by 1.

means of a notchedpivoted lever 8 cooperatmg w1th a reclprocatmgy file- 6311181 9. The above construction is well known.

The stringing attachment {"10" isplaced' close to the discharge end of tie-making ma chine" 1, having-two spaced brackets or arms 11 solocated thatjin'stead of the completed ties sliding down inclines 7 the tie carrier 9 of the tie-making machine slides each tie to a certain placelQ upon arms, 11.. A"

notched extension piece 13-is preferably attached to the front of the usual tie carrier 9, as b'yscrews 14:, which operates to advance each tie two further steps upon the reciprocationof carrier 9, the final place of depositing the tie being the place Where its stringing is to be accomplished. The stringing attachment provides means for preventing the backward movement of the ties when carrier 9 moves backf To this end oneach side of the stringer adjacent sides 15 of carrier extension 9 is a'plate 16, each mounted on a frame member 17 of the stringer,'by means of a screw 18 penetrating a slot 19 in the plate,to slide up and down, each plate being guided by screws or pins 20 extending from frame 17 through slots 21, and each plate being yieldingly pressed downwardly by a spring 22 attached to frame 17 as by screws 23. All the ties engaged by carrier 9 are, advanced one step each time the carrier moves forwardly a full stroke, and no tie returns with the'rearward movement of the carrier. The advancing of the ties proceeds as follows: When carrier 9' is full of ties and in retracted position wire 3 is engaged in notches 24; wire 5 is engaged n notches 25; tie 26 at 12 is engaged in notches 27 of carrier extension and in notch 28" of side plates; and tie 29 is engaged by the front ends 30 of 6Xt911SiO11S15 and in notches 31 of side plates16. Now when carrier 9 is about to move forwardly binding-lever 8 rises to release wires 3 and 5 for forward movement. When carrier 9 moves forwardly, wires 26 and 29 push plates16 upwardly by being pressed'respectively against tapered surfaces 32 of notches 28 and against tapered surfaces 33 of notches 31. The forward movement of carrier 9 is arranged to place each tie in the place from which it has moved the preceding wire or tie, andtie 29 will have been moved to position 29, where it is held by extensions34 p'rovided'on side plates 16. VVhen'the ties have been moved to these positions plates '16 andlever 8 drop, engaging the ties and wires in their notches andgpreventing them from being drawn'rearwardly as the carrier After each the stringing mechanism crosses two strings behind the tie near each end. Each succeeding tie arriving at position 29 moves. the

preceding .tie ahead to position 29", and the strings are crossed behind it, whereby the ties will be strung closely together in a strip, as shown at 35. r

The means for crossing the strings behind each tie comprise two pairs of string-feeding levers having crossing movement, one

pair'on each side of the machine. Eachpair of levers is arranged to make one crossing movement behindeach tie. More. particularly, on each side of the machine is a lever 36 having a' hollow finger 37 extending in wardly behind a tie in position 29. string 38, feeding from a suitable reel or other source '(not shown) is threaded through hollow finger 37. Alsoon'each side of the machine is another lever 39 having a similar. hollow finger 40 and string 41 threaded therethrou'gh. Both levers 36 are keyed or otherwise fastened on'a shaft 42 iii and are rigidly connected by a U-shaped' gcther by a rigid U-shaped link 46. At one side, shaft 42 and sleeve 44 extend beyond one bearing, and here to sleeve 44 is keyed or fastened alever'47 and t0 shaft 42 is keyed or fastened a lever 48. In thepresent' instance arm 47 extends upwardly and arm 48 extends downwardly. lit is apparent that when arm 47 pivots rearwardly both stringing levers 39 rise above the tie' at 29 to be tied, and when arm 47 pivots forwardly both stringing 'levers 39 fall below the tie at 29'. Similarly rearward movement of arm 48 lowers the stringing fingers of both levers 36, and forward movement of arm 48 raises these levers36. To drive the stringing levers 36 and 39 so that'each pair will cross once behind each tie positioned at 29 I provide a cam49, geared. as at 50 to the main driving shaft 51 of the tie-making machine 1, and associate with-this cam 49 cam roller 52 which is operatively' connected with arm47 by means of pin 53 ant connecting rod 54, and also associate "with cam 49 a cam roller 55 which is operatively connected with arm 48 by means of pin 56 and connectingrod 57;" Pins 53 and 56 are slidebly mounted in 'suitable slots 59 of a support or frame 58.. Cam 49 is'so shaped that as itrotates during the operation of the tie-making machine it will cause. fingers 37 and-40 of levers 36 and 39 to cross each other once behind each tie after it arrives at position 29, Thus'during continued operation strings 3 8 and 41 on each side of the machine will .be placed alternately under one tie and over the. next i316, and whenever strings 38 go over a tie, strings 41 will go.

widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all 'niattercontained in the above description or shown in the accompanying'drawings shall 7 be interpreted as illustrative and not ina limiting sense. For 1nstance, it is obvious hat this invention is not limited in its application solely to the manner of and machine for stringing stub-nosed orupset wire ties, which have been described merely asillustrative of this invention, but'that this invention is broad enough to cover the stringfore have not been so strung together, and

V to machines and apparatus for mechanically securing, weaving, tying and binding together such articles in such manner; Also it is obvious that wire, tape'or other binding material may be used instead of string,

if desired. 7 I v What I claim is i 1. In a device of thecharacter described,

in combination, a plurality of ties having upset ends, means for successively advancing said ties one at a time to a predetermined place, a plurality of strings arranged in pairs, and means for crossing each pair of strings behind each tie intermediate 'its upset ends when positioned in said place,

to weave said ties into a strip-like package.

2. In a device of the character described,

in combination, a plurality of ties having upset ends, means for successively advancing said ties one at a time to a predeter-e mined place, a plurality of strings arranged in pairs, and stringing means tor crossing each pair of strings behind each tie intermediate its upset ends when positioned in' said place, to weavesaid ties into a striplike package, said stringing means comprising oppos tely operating levers each 'ieed ingly engaging one of said strings.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination, a plurality of ties havmg upset ends, means for successively advanc ing said ties one at a time to a predetermined place, a plurality of strings arranged in pairs, and means for'crossing each pair of strings behind each tie intermediate its upset ends when positioned in said place,

to weave said ties into a strip-like package, said stringing means comprising oppositely .operating levers each feedingly engaging one of said'strings, and driving means operating in synchronism with said advancing means and connections between said driving means and said levers for operating said levers. I

4. In a device of the character described, in combination, a plurality of wire ties, mechanism, including a reciprocating carrier cooperating with a slidable plate, for successively advancing said ties to a certain 'place, a plurality of oscillating levers arranged in pairs, eachlever having a finger extending'inwardly of said ties, a plurality,

of strings, one string associated with each finger and means for reversely oscillating the leversof each pair behind each tie when advanced to said certain place to cross the strings carried by each pair of levers, once behind each tie.

5. Ina device of the character described,

in pairs, and means for crossing each pair of strings behind each tiewhen positioned in said place, to weave said ties into a striplike package, said stringing means comprisingoppositely moving levers each feedingly engaging one of said's'trings, and driving means operating in synchronism with said advancing means and connections between said driving means'and said levers for actuating said levers. I

6'. In a device of in combination," a plurality of wire ties, mechanism, including a notched reciprocating carrier cooperating with a' notched vertically slidable' plate, for successively; ad'

vancing said ties to a certain place, a plu rality of oscillating levers, arranged in pairs, each lever having a finger extending inwardly of said ties, a plurality of strings, one string associated with each finger and means for reversely oscillating the levers of each pair behind each tie when advanced to said certain place to'cross the strings'carried by each pair of levers once behind each tie, said means, comprising a cam and operating mechanism therefor and connections between said cam and said levers.

7 In the art of packing wire ties, a pack age of tiescomprising wire ties in parallel sidewise alignment, and binding stringsextending along the line'of ties and crossing endwise out of engagement with. the binding material. i

This specificationsigned this 21st day of October, 1922.

the character described,

' HENRY B. rouLnER."

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